I have played around a bit and seem close but not quite there yet. Here is an example. I need [bob] to catch the following in one text field. This will also be used for phrases as well (i.e. the rain in")

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What is Bob doing messing with the Bobcat in the middle of the dambobforest. bob should know better because he he will bob of apples later under the BOB name. Why is BoB messing with the bOBcat in the middle of the damBoBforest anyway.

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What is Bob doing messing with the Bobcat in the middle of the dambobforest. bob should know better because he he will bob of apples later under the BOB name. Why is BoB messing with the bOBcat in the middle of the damBoBforest anyway.

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I got the zip file and it does EXACTLY what I need. But, when I put in the Calc Field, I get a message: "Can not find this function???" I do have FMP Pro 9, Advanced (1984-2007). Am I doing something wrong???

I wonder if it is too late to suggest an alternative approach? My preference would be to eliminate all case detail up front, and then conduct other searches from there. You could do this in pone of two ways:

1. Create a second utility field which converts the text you want to search into entirely lower case using Lower ( yourTextField ).

If you want Menno's solution to work in more than one record try making the Function field a global. TextSize ( TextStyleAdd ( TextColor ( "$$$" ; RGB ( 255 ; 0 ; 0 ) ) ; italic+bold+underline ) ; 20 ) will then be applied to each record.

Success at last! Here is the working solution (thanks to all of you esp Menno). This was a bit of a learning curve for me, but dissecting everything really teaches one the HOW of it all. It the end it was that one last coding bit that worked....